2023 Most Focused Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Education of the Deaf is the 790th most popular major in the country with 363 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 93 education of the deaf graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in education of the deaf. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in education of the deaf.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region deaf education students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Education of the Deaf in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

$42,329 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,970 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s deaf education degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ball State University Education of the Deaf Report

2

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

$43,401 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,587 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s deaf education students in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Michigan Education of the Deaf Report

2

Madonna University
Livonia, Michigan

$45,638 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,364 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madonna University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Deaf Education Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Madonna University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Education of the Deaf at Madonna

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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